Raincoat



P. 0. HUNTINGTON.

RAINCOAT.

APPLICATION.FILEDJULY3,1919.

Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

PAUL o. HUNTINGTON, or BRIGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS,

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BAINCOAT.

Application filed July 3, 1919. Serial No. 308,472.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PAUL O. HUNTINGTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brighton, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Raincoats; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to raincoats, oiled coats, slickers, duck coats, over-coats, and similar garments adapted to be worn in cold or stormy weather.

The object of the invention is to provide a garment of the character above mentioned with a novel and improved construction of throat tab whereby increased protection against the weather is afforded the wearer of the garment.

The invention consists in the garment hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings illustrating the preferred form of the invention, Figure '1 is a perspective view of a sufficient portion of a rain coat to enable the invention to be clearly understood; and Figs. 2 and 3 are front views showing the throat tab in its operative and inoperative position, respectively.

he illustrated embodiment of the invention is described as follows: The body portion 10 of the coat is provided with a collar 12 sewed thereto by stitches 13, and which is adapted to be worn in a turned down position or, as illustrated in the drawings, in an upturned position. When in the latter position the collar affords protection against the entrance of snow, mud or rain down through the neck portion of the coat. The front of the coat buttons together in the usual manner by means of overlapping portions l-i and 15 having buttons 17, and buttonholes 16. A storm flap 20 is sewed to the body portion 10 of the coat and is adapted to be buttoned across the overlapping portions l-l and 15 so as to form a protection for the same to prevent the entrance of rain, mud or snow between the same.

The parts thus far described are not new, being the usual construction of coats, and form alone no part of the present invention.

In all slickers or raincoat-s and similar garments of which I am aware the ends of Specification of Letters Patent.

Flatented Mar. 30, 1920.

the collar do not meet when the same is upturned and when the garment is buttoned,

and leave on the contrary at the throat space an opening of material size which communicates with the interior of the garment and or snow may in general, a narrow strip ofmaterial but-- toned to both ends of the collar and bridge ing the space between'the ends thereof. All such throat tabs, however, leave considerable space between the bottom of the tab and the top of the body portion of the garment through which rain or mud may pass into the interior of the same thereby causing considerable discomfort to the wearer thereof. Obviously such throat tabs afi'ord poor protection for the wearer of the garment and for this reason, while such tabs are usually provided, their use'by the wearerof the garment has not been very extended.

The present invention contemplates the provision of a garment of the character described with a throat tab which closes the throat space above the body portion of the garment and between the ends of the collar thereby affording complete protection against the entrance of rain, mud or snow through the throat space and into the interior of the garment. To this end, the storm flap 20 is provided with a throat tab 21 which is secured to and forms an extension of the storm flap itself. The throat tab 21 is provided with buttonholes 22 which are adapted to cooperate with buttons 24% and on the end portions of the collar I so that when the raincoat is buttoned and the storm flap is secured in its operative position, as shown in Fig. 2, the throat tab 21 covers the throat space between theends of the collar and forms with the storm flap a continuous protecting surface extending from near the top of the collar down the front of the coat. Thus it will be observed that entrance of rain, mud or snow through the throat space and into the interior of the raincoat is prevented.

The throat tab 21 is adapted to be folded under the storm flap 20, and when in such position, the buttonholes 22 cooperate with ASSIGNOR T0 H. M. SAWYER 8c buttons 17 and 18 on the body portion of the coat and permit the storm flap to be buttoned in the usual manner. The throat tab 21 is, in such instances, concealed from view in the manner as indicated in Fig. 3, thus enabling the coat to be worn with the throat tab in a convenient concealed inoperative position.

An important feature of the invention is the provision of a throat tab which completely closes the space between the ends of the collar and the top of the body portion of the raincoat.

For convenience, in the description and claims the invention has been set forth as embodied in a raincoat, but it is to be understood that it may be embodied in any garment adapted to be worn in cold or stormy weather, and further while the preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described, it is to be understood that the same may be embodied in other forms within the scope of the following claims 1. A raincoat having a body portion, a collar secured thereto and adapted to be up turned, a storm flap secured to the body portion of the coat, and a throat tab secured to the storm flap and adapted to be folded in- Wardly thereunder and to be covered thereby when not in use.

2. A raincoat having a body portion, a collar secured thereto, a storm flap secured to the body portion, and a throat tab of substantially the same width as the storm flap secured to the storm flap and adapted to be folded inwardly thereunder so as to be concealed thereby from view when not in use.

3. A raincoat having a body portion, a storm flap secured thereto, and a throat tab secured to the storm flap, said storm flap and throat tab being provided with buttonholes adapted to register with each other when the tab is folded under the flap and to cooperate with the same button on the body portion of the coat.

4. A raincoat having a body portion, a collar secured thereto and capable of being turned up or down, a storm flap secured to the body portion and a throat tab secured to the storm flap, said throat tab being adapted to be secured to and detached from the collar to permit the latter to be worn in either an upturned or downturned position, and forming with the storm flap, when secured to the collar, a continuous protecting surface down the front of the coat.

PAUL O. HUNTINGTON. 

